-darker history - predation by orcas (tongue , suffering ) / parasites / diseases-
-aliens (outer space / ocean)
writing as different from usual travelogue - - not vitrolic but more interested in raw contradictions, honesty, complications
Douglas Coupland - writing for Gen X - educated but more rock n'roll
-contrast of our fluffy beliefs / love of whales (why??)
instead of "oh how great we are we love whales la lalla "
-do surveys anyway - (FUNDING? GRANTS?) of whale watching ventures - analysis - is it really the green machine we like to thinK /how about my own desire to be a tourist, traveller? adventurer, other identity
travel books:
under the tuscan sun (poetic, natu. history, description)
comedy (Bill Bryson)
personal narrative
& brands: Merde guy, jOsie dew
what about non-fiction cultural commentary?
how do i do it laterally - with few or no publishing credits?
demographic: educated men & women Gen X Outside Mag
need some kind of hook? eg 80 dates
narrative arc / migration / whales body / coastline
whale watching -what we hope to see - fears . dislikes
my journey: low impact, single, 40 lbs overweight, mother, history, body, addictions, imperfect, lfawed , my selfish desire to have fun / pleasure / adventure
darkness / fears . nature
-whaling = history
paul watson article New Yorker''
